MarkJ

Gilles, Excellent work on the Petty Charger. Do you find the 1/16 scale harder or easier than 1/24 scale?

Well, it's completely finished except for what used to be called future. But that only takes about 5 minutes and into the case it goes till I can complete the job of cleaning up my work area which will take forever. I never learned how to keep it from getting completely cluttered which my wip photos will bear out. Then I can turn the table into a photo studio or my lame version of one. Then take the photos, edit them for size and add my logo to the top right corner of every photo. Then on to the much-anticipated next build which won't be Nascar. Oh yeah, I will post the photos in the Nascar showroom or whatever it's called.

Only thing left to show is the big rig that transports the cars and the stuff. But you might have to scratch build that. I don't think Salvino JR does those yet, but they probably will. They make everything else.

Best detailing I've ever seen on one of these engines. I hope you will keep it on the stand forever.

Charlie, it still looks phenomenal. Especially the engine.

Pierre, I still can't get over how wonderfully that whole build came out but that seat was one for the ages. It looks like you took a real leather seat and miniaturized it to 1/24 scale. Simply amazing.

If you have any questions asked Pierre Rivard. He is a master of any kind of weathering. Especially rust. It looks positively real.

Awesome build, Ben. I like your approach to detailing. What did you use for roll cage padding? I have never found anything I like that's easy to procure.

Wow, you made a movie car from a race car kit. I had a real 76 Laguna s-3. you've got me thinking. The props are amazing. 1/24 scale beer. Never seen that before.

Excellent rust simulation. Looking forward to seeing the actual rust and how you achieve it. That's one thing I cannot do is weathering, so I don't even try to.

Oleg, all 3 builds are through the roof excellent. You wouldn't happen to be a Logano fan, would you?

Thanks, Brian for your interest in the build. The answer to your question is no. The white inlays are solid as a rock if you do all of them first and wait 24 hours to start doing the color. You just have to make sure you get the color ones lined up on top of the white exactly and you can tell when that happens because the decal suddenly appears clear as a bell when you achieve it instead of looking like you have double vision. It's a little tricky but if you put a little dish washing detergent in the decal water it makes them move easily and it's a good idea to use a toothpick to move the color into place over the white one instead of your finger that can actually have the decal adhere to your finger instead of the surface decal you're trying to get it to adhere to. Thanks again for joining in the discussion.

Thank you so much, Pierre for stopping by and weighing in on the build. It's been such a long time since I applied these decals that I kind of had to relearn how to do it, so I messed up all of one decal but had just enough to get that decal applied to both sides of the build. I usually have a lot left over so I'm glad I always make extra ones. Ink or in this case whatever laser decals are made of is cheap, but decal paper is not. The color ink jet decals should be a lot easier to apply. I could not find a good aftermarket sheet for this build so I was glad I could create my own. I hope you are still interested in making your own. Its really not that hard once you figure it out. A lot of trial and error goes into it learning the graphics program. Luckily mine is very old and pretty easy to learn.

I thought I had put all the white inlays down, but I still have a tiny hm decal that goes on the trunk and looking at these photos reminds me that I haven't finished the wheels yet. When the color decals are layed down the decals will appear much smaller. I breathed a sigh of relief after applying those contingency whites on the front fenders. That was very tedious work, and I did not have much back up decals left if I made a mistake and surely did not want to print anymore sheets.

Looking good on the antenna and the logo on the engine looks very authentic the way you printed it. Solid progress going on here. Please take care during the storm and don't even think about venturing out into it. Flash floods can come out of nowhere in an instant in weather like that. Just hunker down and ride it out. Mark J.

Started putting the white inlays down so I can use my inkjet decals on the model. I thought I had cleared the sheets but found out quickly when I tried to do a color decal on a white inlay and the ink dissolved in the decal water. It's weird but the white laser decals don't have to be cleared but they are so thin it's a good idea to clear them as well. I had a lot of trouble doing the white inlays before I found out I had not cleared them either. Things should go more smoothly tomorrow.

You might be right about that, David. But I'm so old I've already forgotten if I did. Mark J.

Thanks, Kevin. I'm looking forward to following the wip on your Galaxy.

Sneak peek. This was before the exhaust were painted. all I lack at this moment is one headlight cover which I lost and had to make a new one and the gas cap. After that I shall begin decaling.

I believe you predicted the antenna doing exactly what it did. No problem. Your fix sounds like a good one. Mark J.

Man, Andrew. those seats are fabuloso. Never seen anything quite like that before. No way you could have duplicated that with any kind of paint. Awesome job.

Thanks for dropping by, Jim to share such a very fine comment. I really appreciate it.

Kevin, they just had a piece of aluminum that just filled in the gap between the end of the bumper to the body. Looks like it might have been riveted in place.

She's sitting on 4 wheels and tires, and the grille/front bumper and rear bumper are installed. All that is left is the exhaust, hood and trunk pins, headlight and park light covers windshield reinforcement brackets and rear bumper flairs to keep the rear bumper from turning into a parachute. I may not do the flairs if they have a chance of ruining the paint on the rear fenders. The only other thing is the grille screen that this car had but I think it will diminish the look of the whole model. The grille is a very good-looking grille. I blacked it out for more realism. Hate a real toyish chromey looking grille. After all that stuff I can do a final check of the body for cleanliness and apply the decals and then what use to be called future to seal my own decals that have a tendency to peel off with age if not sealed. Can't wait to get her done. Started on it July 30th, so that's about 3 and a half months.

David, Looks good again. Did you say it had fallen off? Mark J